BOSTON, MA, November 18, 2005 — Boston magazine and Volkswagen of America, Inc., have donated $20,000.00 for a Berklee College of Music scholarship to be presented annually to a student who is majoring in Music Business/Management and working at the college's student-run label, Heavy Rotation Records. The Boston Magazine Award will be presented to its first recipient for the 2006 fall semester.

The scholarship was established in appreciation for a group of eight Heavy Rotation students who invested their time in a project with Boston magazine to create a free, downloadable sampler of Boston music, from rock to folk to hip-hop, for the October, 2005, music issue. Students helped in identifying bands for the project then worked with their representatives to secure licenses and releases for the songs in the collection. The innovative multimedia project took a year to produce.

Press: to inquire about photo availability and usage, please e-mail us. From left: Boston magazine publisher Paul Reulbach; Brent Hilyer, region operations manager for Volkswagen of America, Inc.; Berklee College of Music President Roger Brown; Jeff Dorenfeld, faculty advisor to Heavy Rotation Records and professor of Music Business/Management. Photo by Allen Bush

"Working with Boston Magazine on the music issue was a valuable learning experience for students enrolled in Heavy Rotation Records," said Jeff Dorenfeld, faculty advisor to Heavy Rotation Records and professor of Music Business/Management.

Boston Publisher Paul Reulbach added: "Boston magazine is proud to contribute to Berklee College of Music, and to the education of these exceptional students and future leaders of the music industry."

Boston magazine is a general-interest magazine with a mix of service and lifestyle features, investigative stories, narratives, and insightful profiles, and has a monthly readership of about 500,000. The City and Regional Magazine Association ranked the magazine among the top three city and regional magazines in the United States in five out of the last seven years.

For editorial information or digital photos, the media may contact:

Allen Bush
Office of Public Information
(617) 747-2658
abush@berklee.edu